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Carlo Ancelotti is making a mistake with Raul Asencio
26Dec By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Carlo Ancelotti is making a mistake with Raul Asencio

Real Madrid are suffering through a defensive calamity for a second straight season after Florentino Perez failed to provide legendary manager Carlo Ancelotti with any defensive cover for a third straight transfer window. Already, coming into the 2023/24 season, Real Madrid needed defensive help across the back four, and within the first months of the season, they lost starting-caliber center backs David Alaba and Eder Militao to ACL tears. Despite not signing anyone in the winter, Real Madrid were able to secure both the Champions League and LaLiga crowns, with players like Aurelien Tchouameni, Dani Carvajal, and Ferland Mendy playing key roles as makeshift center backs. Real Madrid came into the season with issues at CB And still, Real did not sign a central defender this past su...
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Real Madrid Mid-Season Awards for the 2024/25 campaign
25Dec By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
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Real Madrid Mid-Season Awards for the 2024/25 campaign

It's the holiday break and every team in LaLiga has played at least 17 games, with a few clubs already at the literal mid-way point on 19 matches played. So now is as good of a time as any to start handing out mid-season awards to Real Madrid. Currently, the Merengues sit second in the table, but it is a new rival, Atletico Madrid, who are a point ahead after shocking Barcelona 2-1 with a last-gasp victory last weekend. Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have a game in hand on Barcelona, too. So while Real are still in a heated title race against formidable opponents, the fact that they are ahead of Barca now despite losing 4-0 to the Blaugrana and having a myriad of injury concerns bodes well for the second half of the season if stars like Kylian Mbappe can continue to step up. ...
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